The Simpsons

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The Simpsons is a popular animated situation comedy of the late 20th century and early 21st century created by Matt Groening. The Simpsons' characters remained popular in the 31st century.

Some characters of The Simpsons make background appearances in episodes of Futurama and in return, Futurama has appearances on The Simpsons.

[edit] Instances of The Simpsons in Futurama

• Blinky, the three-eyed fish, appears in "Space Pilot 3000" while Fry goes through the tubes underwater.
• In "My Three Suns", one of the badges Bender steals has Homer's face on it.
• Bart Simpson appears as a talking doll on the "Big Piece of Garbage".
• Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer and others, is the voice of the Robot Devil.
• In "Hell is Other Robots", when Fry goes to Old New York, there is a love heart on the wall with the initials H.S. and M.B. This is an allusion to the characters Homer Simpson and Marge Bouvier Simpson.
• Homer and Bart appear as prize dolls in a Coney Island game in "Mars University".
• "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?"'s opening subtitle is "From the network that brought you 'The Simpsons'."
• Hank Azaria, the voice of Apu, Moe and others, is the voice of Harold Zoid.
• Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's head appears in the Head Museum.
• On the giant wheel in "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", Lisa's name can be seen.

[edit] Instances of Futurama in The Simpsons

• In the credits of "Treehouse of Horror IX", David X. Cohen is credited as "David 'Watch Futurama' Cohen".
• In the episode "Mayored to the Mob," the character of Uter wears a Futurama t-shirt.
• In "Missionary: Impossible", Bender can be seen operating phones in the background of a scene.
• In the episode "HOM'R", the couch gag sees the Simpson family being transported to their couch with the tube system of transport. Fry falls onto the couch and gets sucked back up after realizing he's in the wrong place.
• In the video game "The Simpsons: Wrestling", Leela and Bender appear in Kang's arena.
• Bender appears in Bart's dream sequence in the episode "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade".
• Even though it is made clear that "The Simpsons" is a TV show in the "Futurama" universe in "A Big Piece of Garbage", Matt Groening plays himself as "the creator of Futurama" in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding".
• In "Fraudcast News", the Squeaky Voiced Teen attempts to commit suicide because of Futurama's cancellation.
• Bender has a more memorable appearance in the 350th episode whose title is a tribute to "Futurama", "Future-drama". It shows Springfield in the future, and in one scene, Bart and Homer travel in a hover car, go through a Quantum Tunnel and pick up Bender who says, "All right! You guys are my new best friends!" To which Homer replies, "You wish, loser!" and throws him out.
• In "Catch'em If You Can", in the video store, there is a poster for Futurama in the background.
• Futurama was most recently mentioned in "That 90's Show" as one of the major events of the 90's that Homer mentions before telling his story.
• Bender and Zoidberg appear as Matt Groening's "Little Friends" in The Simpsons Game.

[edit] External Links

• Please see more information about The Simpsons on The Simpsons Wiki.